Gumdrop Wreath!

 I recently came across an image on Pinterest of a wreath by Martha Stewart that was made out of gumdrops.  I thought it was beautiful and I also thought 'Hey, I can make that!'   Her wreath used all white gumdrops, which was lovely but I don't know where I could find gumdrops in one color.  Plus the multi-colored ones are fun!  So all I needed for this project were gumdrops and a styrofoam wreath form, as well as a hot glue gun. 

 At first I started gluing the gumdrops around the inner circle of the wreath.  They looked great at first, but doing it this way made too big of gaps between the candy for my liking. 

 So, I took them off and tried again, this time gluing them more randomly so I could lessen the amount of space between the gumdrops.  I didn't have a pattern, just grabbed them randomly while trying to keep the colors as even as possible.

 After the wreath was finished I made a red bow and hung it on my mirror.  At first I was worried it would looked to Easter-ish, but with the red bow it feels Christmas enough for me!

Here is the final product, what do you think?  One thing I learned is that gumdrops are kinda expensive!  I didn't check the dollar store, so that may have been a better option.  I ended up spending $3 on the wreath form, $8 for the candy and maybe $1 worth of ribbon.  $12 is more than I would have liked to spend, but this is something I made myself and that I will use again, so I think it was worth it.  I love Christmas!

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